The two continued their adventure to the next city in which they asked for help to treat his wounds. Most towns have few witches whose potions will be able to heal wounds like those in couple of hours. So they went on to find one.
Firstly they encounter a local beggar to whom they gave some money for the information but he just told them that he doesn't know. That made woman mad, and she planned on attacking the beggar but the man stopped her and reached to take their money back, beggar tried to stop him but was much smaller and weaker he couldn't do anything to stop him.
Couple of minutes later they encountered a different beggar whom they asked the same question but who had same response. They found that quite interesting but also annoying.
Reason why they couldn't just ask normal people is because though witches exist, they are illegal, and normal people have no access to them, only shady people do, and most beggars are. They went through another few beggars until one of them told them to find a house with a blue roof.
They searched for about half an hour when they've finally found it. In the mean time, man started feeling bad, as time passed he started walking slower and slower, he breaths heavier and collapses every now and then. As they started approaching the door, he sat down exhausted, and then after just few seconds he fainted again.
Knock knock, "who is it?" asked the witch inside, "we are travelers, we want to ask you for a favor" said the woman, "you again? I knew it, everybody who knocks on my door is a traveler who needs help" responded the witch, "well we are sorry for that, we didn't want to disturb you but we would love if you can sell us one of your potions so I can help my traveling companion!" said the woman.
"Go away, I don't want to help you!" witch yelled from another side of the house..."well is there any other witch in this city?" woman asked, "no I am the only one" calmly said the witch, "my friend here is dying, he is bleeding to death, please we need your help!" woman begged
"Go away, I won't tell you again, I don't want to help you!"
"I won't go, there is nobody else who can help us, it has to be you, I will wait her, I wont move a step away from your house until you help us or he dies" woman said with additute
"He has no arm, he is losing blood too fast, you realize he will die soon if you just stand there?" said the witch who is now interested in them, which is shown as witch now talks from much closer the door, peeking through the hole in the door.
"Well if he dies I don't care, he did that to himself, I didn't wound him, if he dies then he dies, but if I can help him, I will"
Woman crossed her arms and looks witch in the eyes through the small hole, she waited there one whole week until witch didn't give up and opened the door. In that one week, witch casted the storm at her, threw snow and ice in her way...but woman didn't move, she stood there not even blinking. Every morning witch would go outside, she would open the door and go shopping for fruits and veggies, but when she would come back, she would see that Sif still stands there, she didn't try to get in her house while witch wasn't there, she was just standing there, unbothered by the thunder and fire.
At the end of the week, witch opened the door and told them to come in "You are one stubborn asshole" said the witch, "you realize that if I didn't throw small portions of renewal dust on him each morning, he wouldn't survive one more day."
"I don't care, just help him" she said, before passing down on a bed.
When Sif woke up, her companion was all better. He still misses his arm but has no bruises on his body.
"Thank you for your service" he said to the witch "and thank you for saving my life" to Sif.
They paid the witch and continued their journey...on their way out of her house, witch asked Sif.
"You have necklace of golden skadi, you are a potemancer too, why didn't you do anything."
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